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| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers My vote is for a pair of Kanta II’s i picked a pair for half of retail $5,500 and it has been the best choice I could have made powering with Parasound A21+ Killer combo good luck Willy-T | |
| Cabling Recommendations Anything in the Cardas Clear line Go as far up as your budget will allow Good luck Willy-T | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? In the last 30 years the trend for sound men /engineers think loudness and extreme bottom end are more important than clarity and quality of sound. It ends up sounding like a muddy distorted mess The large venues are the worst and we’re paying... | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations Just acquired a pair Focal Kant II’s If placed properly in a treated room my results are not bright Now they are $11,000 new and you can pick up a preowned pair $6,000 or below They are superb and balanced and even coming from Monitor Aud... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections Parasound JC2 $3500 new leaves you a budget for great cables Good luck Willy-T | |
| Cables recommendation Anything Cardas Clear line loom if possible | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? Finally made a speaker change after 20 years. I really thought the Monitor Audio Gold Ref 20 was still relevant Found a pre owned pair of Focal Kanta 2 s and was blown away at the information i had been totally missing for 20 years Change... | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge Your potential choice is a great choice the Sutherland 20/20 is dead silent which is important Been playing a Lyra Delos through it for 2 years with great success Good luck Willy-T | |
| Small Form-Factor CD Player/Transport Luxman D N150 super small $2800 retail but can be had for about $1,500 I have owned one for a year now with great results | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? Elmasonic P60H record stack rotor if you can fine one 15 minutes in the u/s rinse with distilled water air dry done | |
| Volume Control Too Sensitive If your mono blocks have gain adjust ent you can dial that back to day 50% I had to do the same thing with Parasound A21+ Good luck Willy -T | |
| 2 channel preamp for music only system Parasound JC2 a great bargain pre owned | |
| Sub Pairing With Harbeth 40.3 XDs I just replaced a Velodyne with a RELS812. Just one unreal. Don’t know why I waited so long medium sized room. Everything got clearer just killer good luck Willy-T | |
| replacement for MOFI beatles box set I would recommend the 50th anniversary editions of the titles that have been released so far Also in the early stereo mixes the bass or bottom end is almost nonexistent and the panning of mono tracks/ instruments to the left and right speakers i... | |
| Phono stage price range 1500 to 2000 dollars. Sutherland 20/20 the most silent phone stage you will encounter regarding noise from gain as a lot of other stages suffer from. You can get a new one at the top of your budget. Super versatile loading for almost any cart Good luck! Willy... |